Updated on 25 February 2024 by IAS CENTRE
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Welcome to UPSC Civil Service Exams preparation.
In this post we will know about minimum books and resources required for PSIR Optional Papers for UPSC civil service Exams.
Note: you can see here the books and resources that are required for the UPSC civil service Prelims and mains exams.
BOOKS & RESOURCES:
Syllabus
It’s the most important resource apart from previous years questions.
So you should always refer to it before reading any resources.
It acts as a guiding light throughout your preparation for this exam by making you understand which topics are useful for the exam.
Previous Years Question Papers
The next thing you need after syllabus is previous years questions paper.
It helps in testing and identifying the strong as well as weak areas of your preparation.
It also helps in identifying the topics which are more important than others.
Books
- A History of Political Thought : Plato to Marx by Subrata Mukherjee & Sushila Ramaswamy Buy
- Western Political Thought by OP Gauba Buy
- Political Ideologies by Andrew Heywood Buy
- Political Theory – An Introduction to Political Science by Rajeev Bhargav & Ashok Acharya Buy
- Foundation of Indian Political Thought by VR Mehta Buy
- India’s Struggle for Independence by Bipan Chandra Buy
- Indian Government and Politics by BL Fadia Buy
- The Oxford Companion to Politics in India by Pratap Bhanu Mehta Buy
- Comparative Politics by J.C. Johari Buy
- Global Politics by Andrew Heywood Buy
- Globalization of World Politics by John Baylis, Steve Smith, Patricia Owens Buy
- The Oxford Handbook of Indian Foreign Policy by David M. Malone, C. Raja Mohan, and Srinath Raghavan Buy
News Papers
- the Hindu
OR
- the Indian Express
These are not the exhaustive list of books and resources, but minimum required list are given here.
you should approach these books using syllabus and read only those parts that are required for topics given in the syllabus.
If you need any extra resources, you are free to use it.
For the books and resources related to UPSC prelims exams see here.
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